LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
It has been a year — twelve months of watching the most powerful law firms on the planet twist in the wind at the pleasure of a sitting president. And just when it looked like the drama had finally resolved itself, Washington reminded everyone that in this administration, nothing is ever quite over.
On Monday, the Trump administration quietly announced it was abandoning its executive orders against Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, and Susman Godfrey — four firms that had the nerve, and the litigation chops, to fight back. All four had beaten the orders in the lower courts.
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National law firm Foot Anstey appoints former Linklaters lawyer to its investigations and corporate crime practice 10th March 2026 – Foot Anstey has appointed Jasmine Olomolaiye as a Partner in its investigations and corporate crime team, continuing the firm’s strategic growth and expanding its risk and regulatory offering. Jasmine joins after 12 years at Linklaters, where she advised
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In Tauranga three legal heavy hitters have decided the talent shortage is painful enough to warrant an actual ceasefire. >> Looking for a Top Law Job? – Check LawFuel’s Law Jobs Network Cooney Lees Morgan, Sharp Tudhope and Holland Beckett have linked arms for the “Redefining Legal” campaign, cooked up with Priority One’s Work Life
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LHD Lawyers, a national law firm has acquired 120 year old law firm Taylor & Scott Lawyers, committing to significant investment and expansion of its 120-year NSW practice. The media release regarding the acquisition is below – SYDNEY, Australia – 3 March – LHD.com.au has acquired Sydney-based Taylor & Scott Lawyers, a practice with more than 120 years
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If you wanted one lawyer who perfectly captures the Washington-to-Wall-Street revolving door in all its glittering, slightly nauseating glory, Kathy Ruemmler would be exhibit A. And the Epstein connection has emphasized the power and the gory of her fall.
For years she operated in the shadows, the kind of operator who whispers in presidents’ ears one day and bills Fortune 50 clients the next.
Now she’s front-page news, and not the good kind. As Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Goldman Sachs, Ruemmler just announced she’s stepping down in June 2026 after her past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein turned into the kind of reputational hand grenade that even the best white-collar defence team can’t defuse.
Patients who underwent cosmetic surgery at the Lanzer Clinics have until 4.00pm Friday 10 April to register or opt out of a class action set for trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria in September. The class action alleges that Dr Daniel Lanzer and his colleagues Dr Daniel Aronov, Dr Ryan Wells, Dr Alieza Fallahi,
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A team of highly regarded business disputes lawyers in Australia — Matthew Critchley, Alicia Salvo, and Brendon Clarke — will join Jones Day as Partners in its Global Disputes Practice, based in the Firm’s Melbourne Office. Jones Day has been serving clients in Australia since 1998 with a growing team of more than 100 lawyers
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Cohen & Gresser LLP is proud to announce the opening of its Palo Alto office, the firm’s first West Coast location in the United States. This expansion builds on the firm’s global footprint and enhances its ability to serve clients across the full spectrum of legal needs, from complex litigation and white-collar defense to corporate,
In Kapa-Kingi v Tamihere [2026] NZHC 517 (10 March 2026), the High Court has delivered a landmark ruling on internal Te Pāti Māori governance, granting the judicial review application in part. Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and the Te Tai Tokerau Electorate Council challenged the National Council’s November 2025 suspension and expulsion of Kapa-Kingi,
James Cleary and Pedro F. Suarez to Lead Expansion in Key Innovation Hub ATLANTA—(March 2, 2026)—FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and one of the largest distributed law firms in the world, has opened a new office in San Diego, California, further expanding the firm’s coast-to-coast footprint and strengthening its presence in one of the country’s leading
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